Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xvi, 253 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-240) and index. |
Contents |
Preface : Taming the beast -- 1. Pyramid Lake -- 2. Finding science -- 3. Ice ages and the Serb theory -- 4. Proving Milankovic, doubting Milankovic -- 5. Carbon dioxide and the keeling curve -- 6. Where the carbon goes -- 7. A conveyor belt in the ocean -- 8. Conveyor jams, climate lurches -- 9. Why worry? -- 10. Ice melts, sea level rises -- 11. Megadroughts of the past -- 12. The drying of the future -- 13. Green is not enough -- 14. Scrubbing the air -- 15. Disposing of carbon -- 16. Fixing climate -- Selected references -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
Summary |
An unconventional study of the issue of global warming focuses on the root cause of the problem--the influx of carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere--and argues that only the development of new technologies can reduce carbon dioxide output. |
Subject |
Climatic changes -- History.
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Global warming.
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Added Author |
Kunzig, Robert.
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ISBN |
9780809045013 hardcover alkaline paper |
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080904501X hardcover alkaline paper |
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